India of Sardar vallabhbhai Patel's Dream
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Sardar Patel also known as the Iron Man of India, was the first deputy Prime Minister of India.
The Iron Man of India is often credited to unifying the different parts of the country under the Indian Union during Independence. Aptly known as the “Architect of Modern India”, Sardar Patel’s pragmatic approach as the first Deputy Prime Minister of the country shows how he charted India’s destiny with single-minded devotion. Unifying the country while dividing it for the sake of the two-nation theory was the most difficult task that the British left India with. With the support of his able secretary V.P. Menon, Sardar Patel went to work tirelessly to unite 500 princely states.
It was Patel who was the first Congress statesman to support the partition saying that it was the only way to put Muslim separatist movement in India to rest. Patel, along with V.P Menon, produced a draft instrument of accession to be signed by the princes as an agreement to transfer control of the defence, foreign affairs and communications to the Congress government. While Patel introduced the policies, it was his secretary who did the groundwork. He would often travel from court to court of the princes and talk to them on a one-on-one basis.
He also lead the industrial growth of India. Sardar Patel was favorable for private enterprises, as opposed to public sector favored by Nehru. He was in very close terms with many top Indian businessmen at that time. His views on Indian business were just appropriate for modern India today.
Sardar Patel was India's first deputy Prime Minister of India.When Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel took his position,he was handed a broken nation.All states wanted to become a separate country.But Sardar Patel United all the states and formed India.
Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 3000 feet tall statue of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
His statue is called "Statue of Unity".